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California Catholic school counts its blessings after surviving Getty Fire

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Nov 5, 2019

Students, parents and staff at St. Martin of Tours School in Brentwood have been thankful about being saved from the Getty Fire.

Getty Fire impacts a Catholic university, schools and retired sisters

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 30, 2019

The Getty Fire that began whipping through mountain communities west of Los Angeles during the early hours of Oct. 28 caused the closure of several local Catholic schools, the evacuation of students and staff at Mount St. Mary’s University and a call for the retired sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet to shelter in place.

L.A. Archdiocese expands fund for Southern California wildfire victims

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 16, 2019

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is expanding a fund established last year for victims of wildfires in California to victims of the current wildfires burning in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

California sex abuse law likely to spur thousands of claims

Associated Press, Church in the US
Oct 15, 2019

Thousands of lawsuits will be filed against alleged child molesters as well as the institutions that employed them under a new California law taking effect next year, attorneys predicted Monday.

Law gives child sex assault victims more time to file suits

Associated Press, Church in the US
Oct 14, 2019

California is giving childhood victims of sexual abuse more time to decide whether to file lawsuits, joining several states in expanding the statute of limitations for victims over warnings from school districts that the new rules could bankrupt them.

Catholic priest sentenced to prison for molesting teenager

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 28, 2019

A Catholic priest who pleaded no contest to sexually assaulting a Northern California teenager for more than a year has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison.